Srinagar: Ahead of August 05, several media teams are expected to visit Jammu and Kashmir for ground reporting on the developments in Jammu and Kashmir UT.
“Sanction is here accorded to the nomination of following officers as nodal officers and joint nodal officers for coordinating the proposed visits of the media teams to Jammu and Kashmir over the next two weeks,” an order issued by the General Administration Department on Wednesday reads.
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“GOI facilitates ‘picnics’ & curated tours for ‘embedded media’ to showcase ‘normalcy’ & how happy Kashmiris are post 5th August. But local journalists who’ve stuck their neck out to print the truth are slapped with PSA & UAPA,” tweeted Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister.
GOI facilitates ‘picnics’ & curated tours for ‘embedded media’ to showcase ‘normalcy’ & how happy Kashmiris are post 5th August. But local journalists who’ve stuck their neck out to print the truth are slapped with PSA & UAPA pic.twitter.com/CFACZK0CI5
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 30, 2020
“Local journos like Masrat Zahra, Gowhar Geelani & Fahad Shah are harassed to gag their reportage. Independent media in Kashmir is mostly strapped for cash & work in difficult circumstances.Yet GOI enables propaganda media that would make Nazi Chief Goebbels proud,” she tweeted.
Local journos like Masrat Zahra, Gowhar Geelani & Fahad Shah are harassed to gag their reportage. Independent media in Kashmir is mostly strapped for cash & work in difficult circumstances.Yet GOI enables propaganda media that would make Nazi Chief Goebbels proud
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 30, 2020
While Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal has been appointed the nodal officer for Kashmir region, Dheeraj Gupta has been entrusted with the task for Jammu region.
Kansal will be assisted by IAS officers Syed Abid Rashid and Sarmad Hafeez, while Gupta will be assisted by M Raju as joint nodal officer.
